The oldest railway bridge in the world built in 1725 at a cost of £2000. Landowners in the North Durham area wanted a route to the river Tyne to take their coal to the ships waiting to transport ... (more)

The Sunderland tram heads for Beamish town centre to take what few visitors there were back to the entrance of the museum.

Twizell makes a dash for Andrews house station

North East of England is currently experiencing some heavy snow for this country. Traffic disruption everywhere but Tanfield railway still manage their reguluar Sunday service

Forge is fired to enable some manufacturing of parts to enable this, and others like it to steam again.

Twizell and Renishaw have their fires dropped after an evening photo shoot at Tanfield Railway

Crew of the Y7 used by Beamish before Christmas check the fire whilst waiting for passengers

Last day of evening visits to Beamish museum and the Y7 sits at Rowley station waiting for passengers

Mark attends to Cochrane as Derek heads out to help with the rolling stock

Waiting for the next set of travellers, the crew of the LNER Y7 talk in the gentle drizzle that plagued the evening

For three Fridays before Christmas Beamish museum allows the public to visit at night time to experience a 1913 Christmas. last night was the first of these Fridays and a tram waits to take visito... (more)

Locomotive Sir Cecil A Cochrane raises steam and moves out of the shed in readiness for its days duties

I went in search of a steam charter but that was late and I ended up with a freight. Caught as the last of the sun hit the viaduct.

Early morning as Sir Cecil A Cochrane raises steam in Marley Hill shed

Locomotive No 45 leaves the shed area in readiness to haul the day's Skunk train